Method and System for Directing User Between Captive and Open Domains

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute is configured to permit communications from the user device to the open domain, and to prevent communications from the user device to the captive domain, after the user device receives the attribute and reboots.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing the user device to reboot after the user device receives the attribute.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the preventing the user device from accessing open content of the open domain comprises at least one of: blocking communications, dropping communications, or forwarding communications to the captive domain.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute comprises a provisioning attribute associated with the user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user device comprises at least one of a cable modem or a device associated with a user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending of an attribute is performed by a computing device, and wherein the receiving of at least one communication and the causing the at least one communication to be sent to the open domain is performed by the computing device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending of an attribute is performed by a captive domain device, and wherein the receiving of at least one communication and the causing the at least one communication to be sent to the open domain is performed by the captive domain device.

12. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the attribute is configured to permit communications from the user device to the open domain, and to prevent communications from the user device to the captive domain, after the user device receives the attribute and reboots.

13. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computing device to cause the user device to reboot after the user device receives the attribute.

14. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to prevent the user device from accessing open content of the open domain by at least one of: blocking communications, dropping communications, or forwarding communications to the captive domain.

15. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the attribute comprises a provisioning attribute associated with the user device.

16. The computing device of claim 10, wherein the user device comprises at least one of a cable modem or a device associated with a user.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the attribute is configured to permit communications from the user device to the open domain, and to prevent communications from the user device to the captive domain, after the user device receives the attribute and reboots.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the preventing the user device from accessing open content of the open domain by causing at least one of: blocking communications, dropping communications, or forwarding communications to the captive domain.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the attribute comprises a provisioning attribute associated with the user device.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the user device comprises at least one of a cable modem or a device associated with a user.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the at least one communication is directed to the captive domain, and wherein the first device is configured to cause the at least one communication to be sent to the open domain by forwarding the at least one communication to the open domain.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the attribute is configured to permit communications from the user device to the open domain, and to prevent communications from the user device to the captive domain, after the user device receives the attribute and reboots.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein the first device is further configured to cause the user device to reboot after the user device receives the attribute.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein the first device is configured to prevent the user device from accessing open content of the open domain by at least one of: blocking communications, dropping communications, or forwarding communications to the captive domain.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the attribute comprises a provisioning attribute associated with the user device.

29. The system of claim 23, wherein the user device comprises at least one of a cable modem or a device associated with a user.